Stove-ornament



(NoModeL) H. A. MATTHEWS.

Stove Ornament.

No. 241,042. Patented May '3, 1881.

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ITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

HENRY A. MATTHEWS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

STOVE-ORNAMENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 241,042, dated May 3, 1881.

Application filed March 14,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, HENRY A. MATTHEWS, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Stove-Ornaments; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents a sectional side view.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class ot'stove-ornaments which are set upon the top of the stove, and usually in the form of an urn, vase, or like article.

As heretofore constructed these ornaments have been made from cast metal, and necessarily heavy. In a large proportion of the stoves in which such ornaments are used they stand upon a removable cover on the top of the stove, and unless attached to the cover they must first be removed before the cover can be opened, or,if attached to the cover, the cover and ornament are removed together, the ornament increasing the weight to so great an exteutas to make the removal of the hot cover an inconvenient operation.

The object of this invention is to produce an ornament which may have a more elaborate, finished, and ornamental appearance than can be given to the cast metal, and at the same time be so much lighter as to make the removal of the ornament or the cover to which it is attached an easy and not inconvenient operation; and theinvention consists in the construction of the ornament, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

The ornament is made in several sections of sheet metal, each section spun or struck into shape for attachment to the adjacent sections.

As represented in the drawing, Ais the base;

B, the body,with a section, 0, introduced between it and the base, constructed so as to set and be located upon the base, as at a, and also to unite with the body, as at b.

D is the cap, constructed to set upon the body, as at d, and the tip E, to crown the whole, is set and located upon the center of the cap, as at c.

To secure the several. parts together a central vertical rod, F, extends down through the several parts, and is provided with a head, G, to bear upon the tip, (here represented as upon a tube, H, within the tip,) and said rod extends down through the base and through a disk, L, arranged in the base, and has a nut, f, on its end binding all the parts together. At different points ornamentation may be addedas, for instance, ornamental bands P I.

\Vhile preferring the rod as a means for securing the parts together, they may be other wise secured. It is best that the rod should be of sufficient length to pass through the top or cover S, as shown, as a means for holding the ornament in place.

By using such thin sheet metal for the ornament it is of the lightest possible character. It is durable and strong because of its circular shape and arched curves, and may be finished, polished, or plated in the highest degree, givin g to the stove really an ornamental appearance when compared with the usual rough and unfinished casting, and at a slightly-increased cost.

I claim- The herein-described ornament for stoves, consisting of several sections, spun or struck from sheet metal, the several sections being secured together, substantially as described.

HENRY A. MATTHEWS.

\Vitnesses EDWARD F. OoLE, FRANK H. TROWBRIDGE. 

